gratitude

Also known as thankfulness, gratefulness, appreciation

Gratitude, thankfulness, or gratefulness is a feeling of appreciation by a recipient of another's kindness. This kindness can be gifts, help, favors, or another form of generosity to another person.

Overview

Gratitude, thankfulness, or gratefulness is a feeling of appreciation (or similar positive response) by a recipient of another's kindness. This kindness can be gifts, help, favors, or another form of generosity to another person. The word comes from the Latin word , which means "pleasing" or "thankful". The absence of gratitude where gratitude is expected is called ingratitude or ungratefulness. Gratitude has been a part of several world religions. It also has been a topic of interest to ancient, medieval, and modern philosophers. The discipline of psychology attempts to understand the short term experience of gratitude (state gratitude), individual differences in how frequently gratitude is felt (trait gratitude), the relationship between these two, and the therapeutic benefits of gratitude.

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Also known as thankfulness, gratefulness, appreciation

Notable quotes

“Abdelnasser Abdelfattah and his sayings about Gratitude.”
— Abdelnasser Abdelfattah
“Nine-tenths of wisdom is appreciation. Go find somebody's hand and squeeze it, while there's time.”
— Dale Dauten, Cited in: Colleen Zuck etal. (2002) Daily Word for Families, p. 167.
“Gratitude doesn't send you out shopping to find satisfaction; it comes as a gift rather than a commodity, subverting the foundation of the whole economy. That's good medicine for land and people alike.”
— p. 111
“To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.”
— George MacDonald, Mary Marston (1881), Chapter V.
“La reconnaissance est la mémoire du cœur.”
— Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
“"Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts." Henri Frederic Amiel”
— The first two sentences are from William Taylor's English Synonyms Discriminated. --Hughh (talk) 16:39, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

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